This 5-day Easter Nile cruise from Luxor to Aswan follows the classic Upper Egypt route during the spring holiday period. Spend four full-board nights aboard, with guided visits to both banks of Luxor, Edfu, Kom Ombo and Aswan before disembarkation.
This 5-day Easter Nile cruise from Luxor to Aswan follows the classic Upper Egypt route during the spring holiday period. Spend four full-board nights aboard, with guided visits to both banks of Luxor, Edfu, Kom Ombo and Aswan before disembarkation.
5 Days, 4 Nights
Nile Cruises
Arabic, English
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This Easter Nile cruise opens on Luxor's East Bank at the divine Karnak Temple, the New Kingdom's religious capital dedicated to the Theban triad of Amun, Mut, and Khonsu. After lunch and relaxation aboard the Oberoi Zahra, the evening brings Luxor Temple by Night, whose columns come alive under the moonlight. Dinner and the overnight are on board the cruise.
The day explores Luxor's West Bank, beginning in the Valley of the Kings, the New Kingdom necropolis holding 63 royal tombs including Tutankhamun and Seti I. It continues to the mortuary Hatshepsut Temple, honoring the great queen and the god Amun, then the towering Colossi of Memnon, the paired statues of Amenhotep III. Lunch and dinner are aboard the cruise as it sails toward Edfu.
After breakfast, guests visit the beautifully preserved Edfu Temple, dedicated to the falcon god Horus and built to narrate his mythic battle with Set. The cruise then sails to the Kom Ombo Temple, the double sanctuary honoring the crocodile god Sobek and Horus the Elder, noted for its depictions of ancient medicine and astronomy. Lunch, dinner, and a late-night arrival in Aswan follow on board.
Aswan's highlights fill the day, starting with the Aswan High Dam, the 1960s engineering marvel that tamed the Nile's floods. Next comes The Unfinished Obelisk, Hatshepsut's colossal 42-meter monument abandoned in the bedrock after it cracked, followed by the graceful Philae Temple dedicated to Isis. Meals and the overnight are aboard the cruise.
After breakfast and check-out, guests are transferred anywhere within Aswan, bringing the Egypt Easter Nile cruise holiday to a close. It is a relaxed farewell to five days of sailing and sightseeing.
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Accommodation in 5* MS/Oberoi Zahra for 4 nights, Entrance fees to all sites are indicated on the itinerary, Meet and greet service by our employees at the airports, Professional tour guide during your trips, All meals are included, All transfers by private A.C vehicles, All service charges and taxes
This is a 5-day itinerary. We can tailor the length and pace to your schedule.
Yes. Every Egypt Voyages tour can be tailored — hotels, dates, activities and group size are all flexible.